• In 2004, he was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
• On 24 September 2007, he was appointed General Secretary of All India Congress Committee.
• He was also given charge of National Student Union of India and Indian Youth Congress.
• In the 2009 General Elections, he retained his Lok Sabha seat from the Amethi constituency.
• In January 2013, he was elevated to the position of the vice-president of Indian National Congress.
• He retained his Lok Sabha seat from the Amethi constituency in the 2014 General Elections.
• On 11 December 2017, he was elected President of the Indian National Congress.

Bachelor of Arts from Rollins College, Florida, United States
M.Phil from Trinity College, Cambridge, England

Debut

In 2004, when he announced to contest Lok Sabha elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh

Religion

Hinduism

Caste

Brahmin

Ethnicity

Indian, Italian

Blood Group

B (-ve)

Food Habit

Non-Vegetarian

Address

12, Tughlak Lane, New Delhi

Hobbies

Reading, Travelling

Controversies

• He was criticized when his college certificate name and date did not match with what he had claimed.
• He was criticized for his comment that Hindu extremism is more dangerous than Islamic militancy.
• He faced allegation for raping a girl in Uttar Pradesh along with his friends. Later, the charge was however dropped by the Supreme Court. Although, the charges were dropped by the Supreme Court.
• He was also criticized for his statement that poverty is only a "state of mind."
• In May 2011, Uttar Pradesh Police arrested him for protesting against a highway project along with farmers at Bhatta Parsaul village.
• He was also charged for the corruptions in the National Herald Case.